Carbon County

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By Emily Opilo, Of The Morning Call and By Emily Opilo, Of The Morning Call | May 18, 2013

A fire that swept through a Carbon County house has left a family homeless. Firefighters were called to a home in the 100 block of Tiffany Lane in East Penn Township just after 8 a.m. Saturday. Crews found the home fully engulfed in flames. The American Red Cross Greater Lehigh Valley Chapter provided two adults who escaped the blaze with food, lodging, clothing and shoes, according to a release from the group. More services will be provided as needed.

Two men were ejected from a car that crashed on Route 209 in Coaldale in Schuylkill County around 7 a.m. Wednesday, tumbling down an embankment and landing in a wooded area across the border in Lansford, Carbon County. The injured men were identified by police as Jacob A. Bynon, 30, of Lansford, and John V. Chaney, 20, of Coaldale. Coaldale Police Department is investigating but has not yet confirmed who was driving the 1990 Chrysler LeBaron. The car was heading east on Route 209 when it left the road, crashing into a sign and several trees as it crashed down the embankment.

The state police fire marshal's office is investigating an early morning blaze that destroyed a vacant home and melted the siding on three adjacent houses. The Aquashicola Fire Company was dispatched to a home on Little Gap Road in Towamensing Township about 2:48 a.m., a fire official said. Firefighters arrived to find the structure fully involved. They brought the fire under control in about 30 minutes, but not before the building collapsed and the fire melted the siding on three nearby houses.

From PennDOT: Carbon County: Route 209 Microsurfacing Project Begins Tuesday Lane restrictions will be in effecton Route 209 in Franklin and Towamensing townships, Carbon County, beginning Tuesday. The project entails microsurfacing and installing new pavement markings on from just north of Harrity Road in Franklin Township to just north of Forest Inn Road in Towamensing Township. The contractor plans to micro-surface weekdays between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. and perform line painting for several hours at night after 7 p.m. They may work weekends if there is inclement weather during the week.

A man with a gun robbed the Solo Gas & Nes Mini Mart at 701 E. Catawissa St. (Route 209) in Nesquehoning just after 8 p.m. Tuesday. Nesquehoning Police Department said the man entered the store displaying a handgun and demanded money. The clerk complied, and the robber fled on foot, police said. No one was injured. Witnesses described the robber as light-skinned with light blue eyes, a thin build and about 5-feet, 11-inches tall. He wore a lime green bandana over his face and a blue, hooded sweatshirt, police said.

A body was found Sunday afternoon on state game lands in Carbon County, near where a Jim Thorpe area man was reported missing last month. County Coroner Bruce A. Nalesnik said the body was partially skeletonized and will have to be identified through dental records, but it is a man estimated to be in his 50s. The body was found within walking distance of the home of a 58-year-old Penn Forest Township man reported missing to state police at...

A "bromance" is brewing among former foes in Carbon County. On Wednesday, Justin Yaich, the winner of a five-way contest for the Democratic bid to face Republican Doyle Heffley for state representative, professed his affection for his opponents. "I really hope everyone takes the time to reflect on the campaign," Yaich told those gathered to christen the county Democratic Party's first election headquarters in Lehighton. "These guys exhibited a level of professionalism that you don't see in politics."